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Review Universal Pictures Video / Battlestar Galactica - The Movie [DVD] [1980]
Actors & Directors
  • Maren Jensen
  • Richard Hatch
  • Lorne Greene
  • Herb Jefferson Jr.
  • Dirk Benedict
Release date: 2006-08-28
Run time: 125 min.
Creator: Dirk Benedict
RRP: £15.99
Price: £3.55

Review Battlestar Galactica - The Movie [DVD] [1980] / Universal Pictures Video:

Star Wars meets Wagon Train as a futuristic flotilla of ragtag explorers search for a mysterious savior planet known only as "Earth," while being pursued by the dreaded Cylons (cybernetic tin-can baddies with vocal patterns that closely resemble a Speak & Spell game). This theatrical feature culled from the first and fourth episodes of the fondly remembered TV show is hilariously dated (the preponderance of polyester outfits and astrology motifs have the unfortunate effect of making the future look like an giant interstellar singles bar), but that only adds to the retro charm. An irresistibly cheesy blast from the past for Gen-X nostalgia-hounds, with impressive visuals by effects legend John Dykstra and a special appearance by teenybopper guru Rick Springfield. -Andrew Wright.

Review Universal Pictures UK / Battlestar Galactica - The Complete Series [DVD] [2009]
Release date: 2009-09-21
RRP: £120.99
Price: £84.98

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Review Universal Pictures UK / Battlestar Galactica - The Final Season [DVD] [2009] [2004]
Actors & Directors
  • Tricia Helfer
  • Jamie Bamber
  • Edward James Olmos
  • Katee Sackhoff
  • Mary McDonnell
Release date: 2009-06-01
Creator: Mary McDonnell
RRP: £34.99
Price: £17.97

Review Battlestar Galactica - The Final Season [DVD] [2009] [2004] / Universal Pictures UK:

There was an understandable mix of emotions bubbling to the surface when the final episode of Battlestar Galactica was finally broadcast in the first half of 2009. On the one hand, this has proven to be vintage science fiction television, easily one of the most ambitious, daring and flat-out successful TV projects in recent times. And on the other, it’s all over, with this box set bringing together the final episodes of the show. Inevitably, this final season wraps up many of the mysteries and narrative questions of Battlestar Galactica, none of which we intend to spoil here. The fate of humanity, the hunt for the fabled earth and the further revelations about the Cylons are packed in, and the standard throughout this final season remains sky high. The actual ending itself, as it happens, proved quite divisive, but arguably that’s part of the strength of Battlestar Galactica. Because this is a show that, right to the end, doesn’t take the easy road, and delivers some of the most intelligent, dark drama of recent years. It’s a staggering achievement, and this final season, along with the entirety of the show itself, is set to still be talked about decades into the future. Quite brilliant, and not to be missed. -Jon Foster.

Review Universal Pictures Video / Battlestar Galactica: Season 4 [DVD]
Actors & Directors
  • James Callis
  • Katee Sackhoff
  • Mary McDonnell
  • Michael Rymer
  • Jamie Bamber
  • Edward James Olmos
Release date: 2008-10-06
Run time: 519 min.
Creator: Mary McDonnell
RRP: £34.99
Price: £14.98

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Review Universal Pictures UK / Battlestar Galactica: Season 2 [2005] [DVD]
Actors & Directors
  • Jamie Bamber
  • Katee Sackhoff
  • Grace Park
  • Mary McDonnell
  • Tricia Helfer
Release date: 2006-08-28
Run time: 882 min.
Creator: Mary McDonnell
RRP: £50.99
Price: £12.70

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Review Universal Studios / Battlestar Galactica: Razor [DVD] [2007] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
Actors & Directors
  • Jamie Bamber
  • Mary McDonnell
  • Félix Enríquez Alcalá
  • Katee Sackhoff
  • James Callis
  • Edward James Olmos
Release date: 2007-12-04
Run time: 101 min.
Creator: Ronald D. Moore
Price: £5.11

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Review Playback / Battlestar Galactica - The Complete Series [1978] [DVD]
Actors & Directors
  • Herb Jefferson Jr.
  • Lorne Greene
  • Richard Hatch
  • Maren Jensen
  • Alan J. Levi
  • Dirk Benedict
  • Richard A. Colla
Release date: 2004-01-12
Run time: 999 min.
Creator: Winrich Kolbe
RRP: £50.99
Price: £16.98

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Review / Battlestar Galactica - Series 1 HD DVD
Price: £20.99

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Review Universal Pictures UK / Battlestar Galactica : Complete Seasons 1-3 (16 Disc Box Set) [DVD] [2004]
Actors & Directors
  • Jamie Bamber
  • James Callis
  • Mary McDonnell
  • Edward James Olmos
  • Katee Sackhoff
Release date: 2007-10-22
Run time: 1115 min.
Creator: Mary McDonnell
RRP: £69.99
Price: £49.87

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Review Universal Pictures Video / Battlestar Galactica: Razor [DVD] [2007]
Actors & Directors
  • Felix Enriques Alcala
  • Jamie Bamber
  • Mary McDonnell
  • Katee Sackhoff
  • Edward James Olmos
Release date: 2007-12-26
Run time: 103 min.
Creator: Mary McDonnell
RRP: £15.99
Price: £3.47

Review Battlestar Galactica: Razor [DVD] [2007] / Universal Pictures Video:

The revival of Battlestar Galactica has proven not just to be a roaring success with viewers, but one of the most critically-acclaimed science-fiction series too. Battlestar Galactica: Razor’s place is as an introduction to the events that take place in the fourth season of the show. Yet it’s also a terrific feature-length TV movie in its own right. The story of Battlestar Galactica: Razor actually focuses quite a lot on a different Battlestar, the Pegasus. Throughout the movie, we see it under the command of the love-to-hate Admiral Helena Cain, while we also follow Lieutenant Kendra Shaw under her tutelage, and Lee Adama’s first mission in charge of the Pegasus. Naturally too, Battlestar Galactica: Razor isn’t shy of Cylons, as we see them in the infancy of their attack on humankind. And all of these ingredients make for some interesting back story to the main show, and a great one-off piece of entertainment too. It doesn’t pull its punches when it comes to the action sequences, and there’s some worthwhile character work in there too. While clearly intended as an appetite-whetter for the fourth season of Battlestar Galactica, Razor nonetheless has enough in the tank to more than hold its own. It proves to be yet another example as to why Battlestar is the show that’s been topping science fiction fans’ favourites lists for some time. [+]
-Jon Foster.

Review Universal Pictures UK / Battlestar Galactica 1980 - Complete [DVD]
Actors & Directors
  • Herb Jefferson
  • Robyn Douglass
  • Kent McCord
  • Barry Van Dyke
  • Lorne Greene
Release date: 2008-02-18
Run time: 463 min.
Creator: Barry Van Dyke
RRP: £15.99
Price: £4.98

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Review Universal Pictures UK / Battlestar Galactica - Series 1 (Episodes 1-3) [UMD Mini for PSP] [2004]
Actors & Directors
  • James Callis
  • Glen A. Larson
  • Jamie Bamber
  • Edward James Olmos
  • Mary McDonnell
  • Katee Sackhoff
Release date: 2005-11-14
Run time: 127 min.
Creator: Mary McDonnell
RRP: £15.99
Price: £10.06

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Review Universal Pictures UK / Battlestar Galactica: Complete Series - Online Exclusive [DVD]
Release date: 2009-09-21
RRP: £129.99
Price: £95.39

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Review Universal Pictures UK / Battlestar Galactica - Series 1-4 [DVD]
Actors & Directors
  • Michael Rymer
  • Felix Enriques Alcala
  • Jamie Bamber
  • Michael Nankin
  • James Callis
  • Tricia Helfer
  • Edward James Olmos
  • Mary McDonnell
Release date: 2008-10-06
Run time: 1634 min.
Creator: Mary McDonnell
RRP: £89.99
Price: £32.98

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Review Universal Pictures UK / Battlestar Galactica: Season 1 [DVD] [2004]
Actors & Directors
  • Mary McDonnell
  • Jamie Bamber
  • James Callis
  • Katee Sackhoff
  • Edward James Olmos
Release date: 2005-03-28
Run time: 546 min.
Creator: Mary McDonnell
RRP: £50.99
Price: £9.97

Review Battlestar Galactica: Season 1 [DVD] [2004] / Universal Pictures UK:

Battlestar Galactica's Edward James Olmos wasn't kidding when he said "the series is even better than the miniseries. " As developed by sci-fi TV veteran Ronald D. Moore, the "reimagined" BG is exactly what it claims to be: a drama for grown-ups in a science-fiction setting. The mature intelligence of the series is its greatest asset, from the tenuous respect between Galactica's militarily principled commander Adama (Olmos) and politically astute, cancer-stricken colonial President Roslin (Mary McDonnell) to the barely suppressed passion between ace Viper pilot "Apollo" (a. k. a. Adama's son Lee, played by Jamie Bamber) and the brashly insubordinate Starbuck (Katee Sackhoff), whose multifaceted character is just one of many first-season highlights. Picking up where the miniseries ended, season 1 opens with the riveting, Hugo Award-winning episode "33," in which Galactica and the "ragtag fleet" of colonial survivors begin their quest for the legendary 13th colony planet Earth, while being pursued with clockwork regularity by the Cylons, who've now occupied the colonial planet of Caprica. The fleet's hard-fought survival forms (1) the primary side of the series' three-part structure, shared with (2) the apparent psychosis of Dr. Gaius Baltar (James Callis) whose every thought and move are monitored by various incarnations Number Six (Tricia Helfer), the seemingly omniscient Cylon ultravixen who follows a master plan somehow connected to (3) the Caprican survival ordeal of crash-landed pilots "Helo" (Tahmoh Penikett) and soon-to-be-pregnant "Boomer" (Grace Park), whose simultaneous presence on Galactica is further evidence that 12 multicopied models of Cylons, in human form, are gathering their forces. [+]
With remarkably consistent quality, each of these 13 episodes deepens the dynamics of these fascinating characters and suspenseful situations. While BG relies on finely nuanced performances, solid direction, and satisfying personal and political drama to build its strong emotional foundation, the action/adventure elements are equally impressive, especially in "The Hand of God," a pivotal episode in which the show's dazzling visual effects get a particularly impressive showcase. Original BG series star Richard Hatch appears in two politically charged episodes (he's a better actor now, too), and with the threat of civil war among the fleet, season 1 ends with an exceptional cliffhanger that's totally unexpected while connecting the plot threads of all preceding episodes. To the credit of everyone involved, this is really good television.

Review Playback / Battlestar Galactica - The Mini Series [2003] [DVD] [2004]
Actors & Directors
  • Michael Rymer
  • Mary McDonnell
  • Edward James Olmos
  • Jamie Bamber
  • James Callis
  • Katee Sackhoff
Release date: 2004-03-01
Run time: 175 min.
Creator: Ronald D. Moore
RRP: £12.99
Price: £3.41

Review Battlestar Galactica - The Mini Series [2003] [DVD] [2004] / Playback:

Despite voluminous protest and nitpicking criticism from loyal fans of the original TV series (1978-80), the 2003 version of Battlestar Galactica turned out surprisingly well for viewers with a tolerance for change. Originally broadcast on the Sci-Fi Channel in December 2003 and conceived by Star Trek: The Next Generation alumnus Ronald D Moore as the pilot episode for a "reimagined" TV series, this four-hour mini series reprises the basic premise of the original show while giving a major overhaul to several characters and plot elements. Gone are the flowing robes, disco-era hairstyles, and mock-Egyptian fighter helmets, and thankfully there's not a fluffy "Daggit" in sight. at least, not yet. Also missing are the "chrome toaster" Cylons, replaced by new, more formidable varieties of the invading Cylon enemy, including "Number Six" in hot red skirts and ample cleavage, who tricks the human genius Baltar! into a scenario that nearly annihilates the human inhabitants of 12 colonial worlds. Thus begins the epic battle and eventual retreat of a "ragtag fleet" of humans, searching for the mythical planet Earth under the military command of Adama (Edward James Olmos) and the political leadership of Laura Roslin (Mary McDonnell), a former secretary of education, 43rd in line of succession and rising to the occasion of her unexpected Presidency. As directed by Michael Rymer (Queen of the Damned), Moore's ambitious teleplay also includes newfangled CGI space battles (featuring "handheld" camera moves and subdued sound effects for "enhanced realism"), a dysfunctional Col. Tigh (Michael Hogan) who's provoked into action by the insubordinate Starbuck (Katee Sackhoff), and a father-son reunion steeped in familial tragedy. [+]
To fans of the original BG series, many of these changes are blasphemous, but for the most part they work-including an ominous cliffhanger ending. The remade Galactica is brimming with smart, well-drawn characters ripe with dramati! c potential, and it readily qualifies as serious-minded science fiction, even as it gives BG loyalists ample fuel for lively debate. -Jeff Shannon.

Review Uca / Battlestar Galactica - Series 1 Vol.1-3 [DVD] [2004]
Actors & Directors
  • Edward James Olmos
  • Jamie Bamber
  • Mary McDonnell
  • Katee Sackhoff
Release date: 2007-10-01
Creator: Edward James Olmos
RRP: £19.99
Price: £11.13

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Review Universal Pictures UK / Battlestar Galactica - The Complete Series [Blu-ray] [2009]
Release date: 2009-09-21
RRP: £159.99
Price: £114.98

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Review Universal Studios / Battlestar Galactica: Season 1 [HD DVD] [US Import][2004]
Actors & Directors
  • Jamie Bamber
  • Katee Sackhoff
  • Edward James Olmos
  • Mary McDonnell
Release date: 2007-12-04
Run time: 755 min.
Creator: Mary McDonnell
Price: £11.99

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Review Universal Pictures Video / Battlestar Galactica: Season 3 [2006] [DVD] [2004]
Actors & Directors
  • Jamie Bamber
  • Michael Rymer
  • Edward James Olmos
  • James Callis
  • Mary McDonnell
  • Katee Sackhoff
Release date: 2007-09-03
Run time: 180 min.
Creator: Ronald D. Moore
RRP: £50.99
Price: £13.98

Review Battlestar Galactica: Season 3 [2006] [DVD] [2004] / Universal Pictures Video:

Let’s get straight to the point: bar none, Battlestar Galactica is the best science fiction television programme currently showing. In fact, let’s go further. It’s the best of the last decade. And truthfully? You’d find very few sci-fi fans who’d disagree. What’s more, plenty of people must be busy eating their words, too. Back when it was announced that Battlestar Galactica was being revived, feelings were mixed, not helped by the divided reaction to the mini-series that kickstarted this iteration of the show. Yet over the past couple of years, it’s cleverly proven to be a tense, gripping mix of action and drama, with a tightly-woven plot. This third season? It’s arguably the best so far. A delicious soup of mystery, relevations, actions, striking characters and winding narrative, Battlestar Galactica is also served superbly well by a quality cast, some quality special effects, and a real focus on what matters from behind the camera. As usual, there are no spoilers in this review, although it’s not giving much away to say that the deadly cylons have to share the screen time with some intriguing and revealing character development this time round. [+]
And with word that season four of the revived Battlestar Galactica will be the last, things are set up for a terrific final act. Season three of the show though is extraordinarily good, a real, genuine sci-fi classic that’s going to have one mighty shelf life once this particularly iteration of the programme has gone. And with umpteen surprises to go back and check out, it’s never likely to be one to gather dust on the shelf, either. -Jon Foster.

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